Wonderwerk farm

Title
Wonderwerk farm
Alternative Title
Grot farm
Block AA
Indigenous Name
kqn Gnabas
Location Type
farm
Farm Number
689
Nearby Town
Danielskuil
District Municipality
ZF Mgcawu
Local Municipality
Kgatelopele
Magistrate District
Kuruman
Province
Northern Cape
Toponomy
In Afrikaans or Dutch, "Wonderwerk" means "miracle". Gnabas means "place of the horn (Kora //ma-b), probably related to the white lime formation and steep incline of the Ghaap Plateau (G. S. Nienaber; P. E. Raper, Toponymica Hottentotica, Vol. 2, page 421).
History
There is a vast literature on the Wonderwerk cave. Human activity in the cave has been dated to 10 000 years ago (PHR Snyman, Danielskuil: Van Griekwa-buitepos tot dienssentrum, HSRC, 1988, p. 7). After 1915, asbestos was mined on Wonderwerk farm by the Northern Asbestos Company, led by WH Addison (Snyman, p. 70).
Latitude
-29.2464
Longitude
24.1819

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Part of Wonderwerk farm